#48E6D4#48E6D4

#48E6D4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.132 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E6D4
RGB	rgb(72, 230, 212)
HSL	hsl(173, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 7.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -44.61, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 44.72, 184.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.1312 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.132 184)
XYZ	xyz(42.8473, 62.7199, 72.1226)
Luminance	0.6272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E6D4 #E6485A

analogous

#48E685 #48E6D4 #48A9E6

triadic

#48E6D4 #D448E6 #E6D448

tetradic

#48E6D4 #8548E6 #E6485A #A9E648

square

#48E6D4 #8548E6 #E6485A #A9E648

split-complementary

#48E6D4 #E648A9 #E68548

monochromatic

#169E8E #1DD4BF #48E6D4 #7EEDE1 #B4F5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#48E6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#48E6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E6D4

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E6D4	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 230, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.132 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90eee1',
    500: '#48e6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e6d4;
$custom-light: #90eee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.165,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83967,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.62725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E6D4

secondary

#A1313E

accent

#354BF3

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E6D4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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